This unit introduces Year 1 students to fundamental athletic movements through playful exploration and progressive skill building. The emphasis is on developing body awareness, coordination, and confidence in running, throwing, and jumping whilst building essential core strength and stamina. Through carefully structured activities, students discover how their bodies work most efficiently, laying crucial foundations for future athletic development.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Agile Movement Challenges
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move quickly and cleverly around obstacles whilst supporting our teammates?

Key Objectives:

  • To perform running challenges with agile movements in set times
  • To support partners to improve their performance through encouragement

Lesson 2

Starting and Stopping Actions
1h

Big Question:

How can practising repetitive movements help us become stronger and use less energy in everyday tasks?

Key Objectives:

  • Repeat repetitive actions for sustained periods of time
  • Recognise when to start and stop activities using various signals

Lesson 3

Obstacle Navigation
1h 9min

Big Question:

How can we overcome obstacles whilst maintaining good running form and building our stamina?

Key Objectives:

  • Develop stamina through a range of running activities
  • Negotiate obstacles whilst maintaining running position

Lesson 4

Core Strength and Throwing Accuracy
45 min

Big Question:

How do our core muscles help us throw accurately and move with control?

Key Objectives:

  • Practise and perform a wide variety of core strength movements
  • Suggest where core strength exercises are relevant to other physical activities

Lesson 5

Striding and Jumping for Height
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use different jumping techniques to achieve greater height and distance?

Key Objectives:

  • To develop stamina through a range of running activities
  • To stride and jump for height with increasing control

Lesson 6

Starting Positions and Speed
45 min

Big Question:

How can changing our starting position help us run faster and more efficiently?

Key Objectives:

  • To explore and practise a variety of alternative start positions for running
  • To choose the quickest position for starting a run